By Ron Borges
Most people in football feel this is the most enjoyable weekend of the year. Not as much hype as Super Bowl weekend but two days filled with usually highly competitive and always fiercely contested match-ups between the best teams left standing in the NFL.
The detritus from wildcard weekend has been cleared away and […]

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By Ron Borges
Usually this time of year somebody surprises. This first playoff weekend will be no different but the surprises may be more surprising than usual.
For the first time in recent memory, the Pittsburgh Steelers are underdogs at home in a playoff game, the odds makers having made the Jacksonville Jaguars three point favorites. […]

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By Ron Borges
Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork is a good fellow, one of the best young nose tackles in the game and a valuable part of New England’s undefeated season. He is also a guy who needs to get a grip on his emotions and it will take more than the $15,000 he was fined […]

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We got a late start on the regular season but quickly slipped into mid-season form, falling behind the bookmakers in a hurry and never catching up. But, as coach Belichick would put it, this is a new season and everyone is 0-0.
Wild-card weekend is always a difficult one to project however because of injuries and […]

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